Boonsboro Museum of History
Boonsboro Museum of History is a museum in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 165 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Shafer Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland runs past it.
The story
town in Washington County, Maryland, United States
Dates from 1792.
Wikidata Q756468, matched on coordinates and name (93 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 165 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- On the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 5.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- White Rocks · 4 mi
- Georgians Overlook · 6 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 9 mi
- Stone Fort · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shafer Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Boonsboro Historical Park: 0.5 mi
- Taylor Park: 2.6 mi
- Devil’s Backbone Park: 3.7 mi
- Flook Park: 4.3 mi
- Washington Monument: 1.7 mi
- World War 1: 2.6 mi
- Stonewall Regiment: 3.2 mi
- Reno Monument: 3.2 mi
- NC 13th Infantry Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Monument Knob: 1.7 mi
- Short Hill: 2.2 mi
- Pine Knob: 3.8 mi
- Devils Backbone: 3.9 mi
- Lambs Knoll: 4.4 mi
- Lock 40: 6.9 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 8.0 mi
- Antietam Creek Aqueduct: 8.0 mi
- Lock 39: 8.2 mi
- Lock 38 Path: 9.3 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 4.0 mi
- Pry House Field Hospital Museum: 4.0 mi
- Washington County Rural Heritage Museum: 4.9 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield Visitors Center: 5.4 mi
- MARC Nature Center: 6.6 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 3.2 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 4.4 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 4.6 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 8.5 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 4.4 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 9.0 mi
- Spout Spring: 9.6 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 13.2 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 17.7 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 9.0 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 12.0 mi
- Spire: 14.2 mi
- WINDSWEPT: 14.4 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 14.5 mi
- Dargan Bend: 11.0 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 20.0 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 2.9 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 3.0 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 11.7 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 22.7 mi
- Four Square Garden: 4.8 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 23.8 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 5.8 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 12.9 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 9.9 mi
- Clermont Crag: 18.0 mi
- Harmony Grove: 14.0 mi
- Tartown: 24.0 mi
- Beach Front: 17.7 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Boonsboro Museum of History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NNE 30° | 654 m | 15.0 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | NE 46° | 572 m | 13.9 mi |
| Salamander Rock | ENE 62° | 562 m | 10.0 mi |
| High Rock | NNE 28° | 559 m | 14.7 mi |
| Black Rock | NNE 33° | 549 m | 5.4 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NE 40° | 538 m | 4.5 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | SSE 161° | 536 m | 4.4 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | SSE 162° | 536 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1085902407
Day trips start here
- Boonsboro · 0 mi
- Sharpsburg · 6 mi
- Middletown · 7 mi
- Hagerstown · 10 mi
- Shepherdstown · 10 mi
- Washington County · 11 mi
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